First off, I want to say, WARNING BIG PICTURES. If you want to look at them all, I recommended you look at the gallery when it's public.
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Story, If you want to hear it: So, I went to my local TRU this morning if they had the new sets, excited, because they mostly have the sets at ther pretty quicq. But sadly, now new sets there.

Despered, I went to another shop near it, where they mostly have no SW Lego, or just a few sets. I arrived there and I saw a few CBP's. But under there, there was a shiny, and very recornizeable box, Box number 7660! They had only 1, so I took it! Firstly, I was not sure if I want to spend the money, because the Vulture droid wasn't that attractive, but the N-1 was, and I haven't got the old one, so I buyed it. By the way, they had also the 3 cheapest new Castle sets, but I may not buy the Crossbow set from my leftover money from my mum. But still, my day can't be getting worse anymore.

At home, I putted the box on the dinner table and I took my dad's camera, to make pictures for a review.

The bags full of Lego and the Instructions
4 parts of the VD were on no bag, the instruction book is the size of one A4 sheet of paper, AND this was in the box, however, all three of the bricks shown were in the box, and they are for the same.

the naboo fighter looks fantastic. i am definitely getting a couple of these. i will put my old naboo fighters out to pasture. i was miffed that lego put in the vulture droid and made the cost of the set higher. i wish they released it separately for $5.99 like the episode i droid fighter way back in 1999. however, i think this version looks pretty good. i guess 3 times is the charm.

Very nice review! I'm definately going to get it now, even with that stupid VD(not even going to bother building that thing). I'm glad to see the extra pair of goggles, I can never find mine.
-Devin_________________( < wakka wakka wakka wakka

Well, the VD is pretty cool with the new features, just build it 1 time can't be worse, can it?

It could, but I doubt it is; I would just rather use those precious dark tan pieces for something else. And it also depends on how tight that spinny piece is, I generally hate that piece because it spins too easy; how is that one?
-Devin_________________( < wakka wakka wakka wakka

Nice. Great review. I'm definitely reconsidering, since I never got one the first time around. I hope they redo the ATT as well. You euroguys, you get the sets first. But we U.S. guys get it less expensive, so I guess it evens out._________________A cat, when pushed off a table, always lands on its feet.
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Nice. Great review. I'm definitely reconsidering, since I never got one the first time around. I hope they redo the ATT as well. You euroguys, you get the sets first. But we U.S. guys get it less expensive, so I guess it evens out.

Yes, you are totally right. As example:

The MTT is 100 dollars on S@H
1 dollar = about 85 eurocent.
The MTT is 120 euro's on S@H.
And maybe even 130 euro's in the stores, like in Belgium.

Another good thing to live in the U.S.

Sadly I live in this country were everything is for profit.

jopieslim wrote:

wow that is cheap, i gonna see at the local bart smith at monday wondering if they have them.
last time they didnt even have the battle packs( no shops here seems to)

Where excactly do you live? And that their are not many SW sets at Bart Smit, doesn't suprise me. I should go to TRU when they are officially out._________________Brickshelf Gallery

wow that is cheap, i gonna see at the local bart smith at monday wondering if they have them.
last time they didnt even have the battle packs( no shops here seems to)

Where excactly do you live? And that their are not many SW sets at Bart Smit, doesn't suprise me. I should go to TRU when they are officially out.[/quote]

I live in friesland, and the local TRY doesnt have any of the new SW, so does the intertoys, top1toys and some others, i go to bart smith tommorow to see if they have it there.
The only new set i found here was the AT-ST at the intertoys for a overpriced price of 32 euro

wow that is cheap, i gonna see at the local bart smith at monday wondering if they have them.
last time they didnt even have the battle packs( no shops here seems to)

Where excactly do you live? And that their are not many SW sets at Bart Smit, doesn't suprise me. I should go to TRU when they are officially out.[/quote]

I live in friesland, and the local TRU doesnt have any of the new SW, so does the intertoys, top1toys and some others, i go to bart smith tommorow to see if they have it there.
The only new set i found here was the AT-ST at the intertoys for a overpriced price of 32 euro

Hey Obi-Wan Stefan. You really are quite fortunate. I have been in and out of Toy stores, and department stores in my country and there is no sign of 7660-7662. You must be among the first to own one...
Lego S@H is down, in fact, Lego.com's server isn't responding.

Great review buddy. I can't wait to get my hands on a set.

All I can hope is that Lego S@H is preparing their site to bring out the long awaited 7660-7662.

Got two questions for you Obi-Wan... In the store you were in, was there the MTT and Jedi SF w/ Hyper ring? And is the store a Lego store?

In Australia, we don't have Lego only stores. Without S@H I would have to rely on Toys r us (which has only two locations in a city of 2 million) and K-mart!_________________"Wow! Did you see that Jawa's head come apart man?!?

Hey Obi-Wan Stefan. You really are quite fortunate. I have been in and out of Toy stores, and department stores in my country and there is no sign of 7660-7662. You must be among the first to own one...
Lego S@H is down, in fact, Lego.com's server isn't responding.

Great review buddy. I can't wait to get my hands on a set.

All I can hope is that Lego S@H is preparing their site to bring out the long awaited 7660-7662.

Got two questions for you Obi-Wan... In the store you were in, was there the MTT and Jedi SF w/ Hyper ring? And is the store a Lego store?

In Australia, we don't have Lego only stores. Without S@H I would have to rely on Toys r us (which has only two locations in a city of 2 million) and K-mart!

It was a normal Dutch toystore, where they usually not have much SW lego. But as I said in my first post, this was the only new SW set they had.

And BTW, it feels great that I dinally have a new SW set BEFORE much other people have it. _________________Brickshelf Gallery

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The Jinja Ninja wrote:

That's what the monkey butlers are for!

The set looks pretty good, but I'm gonna be savin' up for that beautiful beast, the MTT._________________Raptor Fun Fact #73- The raptor's natural enemy is the gas-powered internal combustion off-road vehicle, which is made of evil.

Number two for my reviews of the day. I'm working up to the MTT, and fixing the two smaller ones first. So, without further ado, the Naboo Starfighter.

I have to go with full disclosure here. Episode I sucked. There was perhaps 30 minutes of watchable material in there, and most of that was with Darth Maul kicking * bleep * and chewing gum, even though he was all out of gum.

I never had the original Naboo fighter, though I have the UCS one (and have been trying to sell it for awhile). It was a fragile affair that leads to misplaced parts a lot. The new one has the same type of problems just in the first glance, since the antenna are still there. That was the biggest problem of the first one. At least this Anakin has the little legs (instead of the full size in the Pod Racer and earlier fighter sets). Plus, it has a real pilot, and that real pilot would shoot any little kid getting in a fighter.

First impressions: STICKERS SUCK! Thanks LEGO, I won't build t on the carpet. Look at that little Anakin... just think, in ten years, you're going to exterminate all the jedi.

Very nice touch to have a hat and helmet for the pilot. Very nice. Now if only there was an easier way to get these figures outside of a $30 set.

Okay, what the heck is up with these instructions? There are several pieces listed not used in the set and not listed in inventory. It's in the step-level piece count, but they make no sense (why would you need a pick-axe on a starfighter). Just plain weird.

Building the ship, there are a few frustrating steps. When you attach the side "wings" on the ship, it's really fragile. You have to get the support pieces to make the ship handleable in the slightest.

Ironically, the ship already looks nicer than the UCS version... it just needs more chrome. On the plus side, the pylons and engines are a bit more stable now... there are supports that hold things in place. However, the antenna on the end still fall off to easily. There's no way to fix it, the use just sucks.

Okay, continuing the poorly designed instructions... the stand should have been built before the ship. The missile will be shot as soon as you put the thing down.

The back pylon also breaks off a lot. Ick.

The vulture droid in and of itself is a step up from the two previous versions. The fact that the switch between ship and droid mode happens without taking things off is very cool. The fact that the missiles just set in there, like so many other new sets... totally lame. Seriously, LEGO, that just leads to lost parts. They don't fly out, and unless someone manages to put a BB gun or something behind that missile, it will never poke out an eye. If I was to hold the ship up to my head and let Daz take a free shot, the most it would do is make my eye water. Barely.

Luckily, I've purchased enough sets to give me a wealth of extra technic parts... and a simple spacer fixes bad design. Sure, they don't fire, but they stay in place. The Vulture Droid, also known as the "Andrew," is probably the best-built part of this set. Sadly, it's the third version of this set, and it has stickers. And as we all know, stickers suck.

You know, with all these battle droid arms... an all black battle droid would be cool.

Ratings (on a scale of 1 to 10):

Parts: 6/10 - Not parts/price ratio, but a good variety of parts in the set. Low amounts of technic is a plus.
Minifigs: 9/10 - I'd love to ding it for a mini Ani, but the figs are good. 3 for $30 is about optimal, though I wish they'd use that Naboo pilot in more stuff.
Detail: 6/10 - Great attention to the ship. Points off for not using chrome. I know it's more expensive, but it just looks wrong in grey.
Playability: 8/10 - A good ship, points off for the badly placed missiles on the VD and the flimsy back pylon.
Price to parts: 5/10 - See above
Availability: 10/10 - Like the Jedi Starfighter, it's easy to find. Honestly, I haven't had issue finding any of the sets this cycle, save the Sith Infiltrator (which is in stock, but only available at one store locally)
OVERALL RATING: 7/10 - Good set, not great, and while an improvement, not a breathtaking one._________________Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein

I built this set yesterday, and although it is an improvement over the 7141 version (never had the UCS), it isn't perfect.

What I Like:

Proportions are great, colors are good, swooshability is up. I like the pilot and Ani minifigs, and yes, I did need another R2-D2.

(Does anybody else want other astromech models?)

Unkike dWhisper, I haven't had a problem with the antennas coming off. I did partially solve the problem of the rear pylon by using an extra axle techic brick that was in the box and not the brick with the angled hole as specifed in the instructions. Hopefully that will hold until I can find a spare yellow brick with a hole in it for one of the blue studs, which will then fit the red post used as the structure for the pylon.

What I didn't like:

The pickaxe in the instructions? What, so Ani or the Pilot can chop their way out in case the ship crashes into the water? Too bad I couldn't even mod that into the ship since the pickaxe is just a bad instruction design.

I'm not crazy about the stand and its inherent ability to cause hangar bay accidents.

The ship needs more chrome. I know that would drive the cost up, but if the grey pieces were chrome in this set, I'd be much happier.

Stickers for important pieces of the ship, like the guns in front. The green cones on the front of the 7141 version aren't an elegant solution, but at least there's structure to it. It's difficult to get the clear stickers on without getting fingerprints in the adhesive. Also, LEGO was kind enough to include three sets of stickers. I guess I have spares.

Moving on...

The Vulture Droid:

I think that LEGO has almost completely nailed the design of this droid. Comparing it to the previous versions, it's night and day. If the stickers on this set were printed bricks instead, I would proclaim it perfect.

I also put spare technic spacers on the missiles to keep them in place. Better that than lost parts.

Parts: 7/10 - I like the low technic usage, most of which is not visible on the outside.
Figs: 9/10 - Decent value for the set cost. Extra hat for the pilot is a touch I wasn't expecting.
Detail: 7/10 - no chrome is bad, Vulture droid is good.
Swoosh: 9/10 - either ship looks great patrolling the living room airspace.
Playability: 8/10 - points off for the missiles
Price to parts: 6/10 - wait for a sale or use a coupon.
Availabilty: 10/10 - it's everywhere.
Final Rating: 8/10 - it's not perfect, but the hits outweigh the misses here._________________Will litigate (or tactically consult) for food.

Very nice review! Thanks! I just picked it up today and its great! The only thing I dont like is that when you attatch the N1 to the ladder platform, its really hard to get the missle to NOT FIRE. haha._________________You can't take our Royal Highness there, the Hut 's are Gangsters!

I've just finished building this set yesterday and it is indeed rather marvellous, if not a tad junour-ised on the surface. Here goes:

I've always wanted to own a version of the Naboo N-1, and neither the original nor the UCS version really tickled my fancy. Thankfully though, Lego has come up with this, which is a really nice rendition. However, there are a few glaring flaws, though those can easily be fixed with a little MOC-ing.

First off as usual, the minifigures. The set features lovely new figs in the form of an adorable Anakin and a Naboo fighter pilot. I would have liked the addition of a battle droid or two, just as in the original. The extra little hat for the pilot is a great touch, and the hairpiece for Anakin is one of the more realistic ones Lego has done.

My dad and brother scoffed at the Naboo N-1 for being to juniour-ised in design. While it definitely is a bit simple, I was quite fine with the lovely sleek design. I was sorely disappointed about the lack of nicely chromed parts, which are one of the fine features of the fighter. Also, the missile launcher is in a terrible position, and gets set off far too easily. The cockpit is non-hinging, which can be easily fixed, but shows a slight lack of effort on that front.

Thankfully though, the detail is lovely. It is a pity that these are once again achieved with (arrgh) stickers. I didn't quite like the ladder, and thought that it was a little weird. The missile launcher, as mentioned in many previous reviews, almost always sets itself off. As such, I removed the missile launcher altogether and stripped the ladder down. The harpoon gun is lovely, but I can't seem to figure out why it's there.

The Vulture droid is definitely times better than its two predecessors. I was surprised they hadn't used this design earlier on. However, the push-fire missiles are really getting on my nerves. So are the stickers. Anyway though, it is a rather nifty lil design.

My biggest gripe is with the obscene pricing. I was expecting this set to be the same price as Anakin's starfighter and the Vulture droid. However, it comes at a crazy Singapore $71.90